Chapter 4 Vocab. Flashcards
(3 cards)
1
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El Niño Southern Oscillation
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- occurs every five years
- warming of ocean surface in Equatorial Pacific Ocean
- episodes produce unusual and sometimes extreme weather in parts of the world
2
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milpa
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- mesoamerica
* a farm plot created by cutting or burning forest and planted with maize, squash, beans and other crops
3
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terra preta
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type of nutritionally rich soil that farmers of Amazonia produced by mixing charcoal, organic matter, and pottery shards
• black earth and Portuguese
